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Miner takes nap while he should be drowning, news at 11.
« on: April 19, 2010, 02:33:33 pm »
So I'm taking out the last rock to the river, to get my well going and my underground farm space muddied. My miner takes out the first of two tiles and the river comes rushing in. Sadly, he wasn't fast enough to mine out the second tile before he was in 7/7.

He scrambled to the exit, a mere 6 tiles and a stairwell away. He crawled to the stairwell, gasping, fighting for his life...

And promptly decided the half-flooded stairwell was an excellent place to nap out after such an epic struggle for survival. While the entire river was rushing past him, the stair well created just z-drop for mist, and left a space for him to hang out without losing his mind...apparently.
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Re: Miner takes nap while he should be drowning, news at 11.
« Reply #1 on: April 19, 2010, 02:36:44 pm »
I love this game.
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Re: Miner takes nap while he should be drowning, news at 11.
« Reply #2 on: April 19, 2010, 02:44:50 pm »
I've seen this as well. If there is no bed for the dwarf to sleep in, if he wants to take a nap then he'll take a nap.

Even if that is just two seconds after breaching a raging river, normally perfectly safe assuming he doesn't stick around. He'll just lay down and take a nap while the water floods to 7/7 around him and drown while taking his nap.
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Re: Miner takes nap while he should be drowning, news at 11.
« Reply #3 on: April 19, 2010, 03:50:56 pm »
Makes perfect sense to me, like in the movies when a shipwreck survivor makes it to the shore of some island, first thing he does is sleep.
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Re: Miner takes nap while he should be drowning, news at 11.
« Reply #4 on: April 19, 2010, 05:45:04 pm »
Quote from: jplur on April 19, 2010, 03:50:56 pm
Makes perfect sense to me, like in the movies when a shipwreck survivor makes it to the shore of some island, first thing he does is sleep.
Well, dwarves don't even bother to get out of the water.
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Re: Miner takes nap while he should be drowning, news at 11.
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2010, 05:47:32 pm »
Quote from: Rotten on April 19, 2010, 05:45:04 pm
Well, dwarves don't even bother to get out of the water.

If i lived in the average dorf fortress,I wouldn't either.
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Re: Miner takes nap while he should be drowning, news at 11.
« Reply #6 on: April 19, 2010, 07:57:17 pm »
I think that many of us take dwarf fortress for granted, and when confronted with something this hilarious, never think further than ASCII characters on a screen.

But, just this once, treat yourself to the mental imagine of what happened, here. A darkened tunnel, angry waters washing over carved stone stairs, and there, his beard sweeping in the current, a dwarf is sleeping, curled up on a kitten leather pillow, sucking his thumb softly.

Just watch out for carp.
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Re: Miner takes nap while he should be drowning, news at 11.
« Reply #7 on: April 19, 2010, 09:34:20 pm »
The carp are his teddy bears.
Just watch out for the mouth.
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